Europe and israel

Shifting EU politics, Israel's stance analyzed at Jerusalem conference - analysis

At an academic conference in Jerusalem, experts discussed the EU’s political decline, shifting attitudes towards Israel, and the impact of Russian aggression, US geopolitics, and global tensions.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference on the day of an EU-Israel Association Council with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025.
 Some of the items placed in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology time capsule.

Israeli tech firms deepen European presence

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Moscow this week. Russia is so consumed by the war with Ukraine that it struggles to maintain its military presence in Syria and turns a blind eye to Iranian activity, says the writer.

From Kyiv to the Golan: The Ukraine-Russia war’s unseen impact on Israel - opinion

 Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, attends the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025

Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules after controversial allegations against Israel


Sweden's police investigate shooting near Israeli target in Gothenburg, no injuries reported

The shooting took place near a Swedish unit of Elbit Systems, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported, citing police.

 People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court as they wait for the verdict in the case of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden

Recognition of Palestine is ‘whitewashing Europe’s crimes,’ local pro-Palestine groups say

For anti-Israel organizations in Spain, Norway and Ireland, recognizing a Palestinian state is ‘hardly enough.’

 Flags of Palestine and Ireland flutter next to each other over the International Wall in support of Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 29, 2024

Performers refuse to boycott Eurovision simply because Israel is involved

Nine participants of the upcoming Eurovision contest will not boycott the annual competition, simply because of Israel's involvement.

 Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 13, 2023.

Most EU countries call for 'immediate humanitarian pause' in Gaza, says EU top diplomat Borrell

Many countries call on Israel to respect humanitarian law, while simultaneously calling for the end of

 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 9, 2024.

German MP: Six million reasons for our unprecedented wartime support

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: “To be honest, Germany has six million reasons why we have to support a Jewish state. Full stop.”

 GERMAN CHANCELLOR Olaf Scholz cleans the 'stumbling blocks' for the couple Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Goslar (née Klee) in Berlin in November.

The worldwide impact of the Gaza war - opinion

The absence from the coalition of most of the major European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, is an important and frightening message from the world to Israel.

 A PROTESTER is removed during a US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Biden's supplemental funding request for Israel and Ukraine, in October. The Gaza war has implications for inter-power relations in various contexts such as the war in Ukraine, the writer notes.

To maintain European support, Israel must recommit to the fight for democracy - opinion

Israel needs the United States to deter Iran and to refill its arsenals for a war that may take months. But Israel also needs the support of the free world – first and foremost of Europe. 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a news conference in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

Albania has long been a pro-Israel country. Will the Hamas war change that?

Albania is also known as the only European country that had more Jewish residents after World War II than before it.

 Pro-Palestinian activists protest Israel at a rally at Skanderbeg Square in downtown Tirana, Albania, Oct. 20.

Global Christian lawmakers unite in solidarity with Israel

The Christian leaders called upon the global community to demonstrate unwavering solidarity with Israel for as long as necessary.

 An Israeli soldier arranges his gun on a bench following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel, October 13, 2023.

The Vital Role of NGOs in Promoting Bipartisan Cooperation with Europe - Opinion

NGOs provide additional efforts to the official channels in a variety of fields, such as defense, national resilience, innovation and energy.

 OMRI ATTAR, ELNET COO